In response to my critiques of Islamic scripture and ideology, every so often, I have a well-intentioned Christian make subtle reference (and sometimes not so subtle) to consider Christianity.
Here’s an example in a thread from a recent post I made about evangelicals backing Trump’s campaign, and how I was disappointed in them for doing so:
@ReasonOnFaith king david for exmple had his flaws and everyone that lived.there was/is only one perfect.says he is the only way to heaven
— Bill Morgan (@billrmorgan)
Please understand that while I’ve left Islam, I also looked at Christianity in detail, and respectfully, it has never made sense to me. And I have very strong opinions here. I’m just holding back so as to be polite about it.
My focus on social media is on what I’ve been studying for a long time — Islam in general and Ahmadiyyat in particular.
That doesn’t mean that I don’t have critiques of Christianity or that I didn’t study it intensely in my youth. I used to have biblical contradictions committed to memory for discussions with preachers. Several of them. I invited Christian preachers into my home to dialog with them.
Rationality is the way to my beliefs; not emotional testimonies.
When David Wood critiques Islam, he generally does a masterful job. When he speaks of Christian doctrine and Christian apologetics, it’s not nearly as sound. I perhaps have many Christian Twitter followers because of the various David Wood videos that I’ve shared.
Dear Christians friends: if you want to understand the non-theist spectrum — and that includes ex-Muslims — please reason with us. But first, demonstrate to yourselves that you’ve been as reasonable and non-emotional about your beliefs before you reach out to the rest of us.
I don’t accept the trinity as sensible, nor the doctrine of atonement.
In fact, I believe that Islam’s position that every child is born sinless and that every human being bears their own “cross” represents a huge improvement over Christian doctrine in these conceptual areas.
While I’m no longer an Ahmadi Muslim (I’m ex-Muslim completely), I do think Ahmadiyyat’s founder wrote a compelling book entitled “Jesus in India”. Here, he makes a provocative case for Jesus having been resuscitated and not resurrected, and then actually seeking out the Lost Tribes of Israel.
When we tip-toe around religion and notions of blasphemy, we often don’t make our case very forcefully. So apologies in advance; because some of the following videos shared below are quite biting in their critique.
But I love humanity too much to not challenge people to let go of what I see as false beliefs. I don’t just love Muslims and want to see them free of false doctrine; I love Christians too. You deserve the same opportunity to let go of incoherent belief systems.
Resources
Video: God’s Checklist 2.0 by Theoretical Bullshit
Video: Is Christianity Moral? by DarkMatter2525
Video: Christian Justice by DarkMatter2525
Video: Atheism as Congruence by TheraminTrees
Video: Religion — the Bad Parent by TheraminTrees
Note: I currently consider myself an Agnostic-Deist, but for all intents and purposes of arguing against classical theism and “revealed” religions, the Atheist’s arguments against particular religions are the same criticisms that I would myself propose. Many in the atheist community have rightly commented that labels are less important than the actual positions/beliefs. I agree. I will be writing an essay in the future exploring in detail, what I mean by Agnostic-Deist. It’s a subtle and fine line between that label and what also resonates with me on many levels: Implicit Atheism.